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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1921)
SENATE APPROVES FARM LOAN BONDS B'l • AUTHORIZES INCREASE IN INTEREST RATE EQUAL TO PRIVATE BANKS STOCK BANKS ARE ATTACKED Attention Is Called To Existence Os ; Large Amounts Os Tax-Exempt Securities Washington.—The senate has ap-1 proved a bill offered by Senator Ken- I yon. of lowa, which will permit fed eral farm loan banks to issue bonds bearing 5 1-2 per cent interest, in stead of 5 per cent, the present limita tion. Kenyon explained that the 5 per cent limit made it difficult for the joint stock loan banks, organized as a part of the farm loan banking sys tem. to dispose of their bonds in com petition with private banking insti-1 tutions. As a result of this, according j to Kenyon, extension of credit to j farms was made difficult. The maximum interest which farm- | ers can pay to banks under terms of the law remains as at present, 6 per cent. Discussion of Kenyon’s bill brought j from Senators Smoot and at- j tacks on the stock banks. They said j the banks utilized government pres-; tig< to make profit for private persons. ; Smoot charged that the banks, instead of lending money to decrease tenancy, were used as speculators to acquire land and increase tenancy. Smoot endeavored to have adopted an amendment which would have re moved the tax-exemption privilege of stock bonds, but this was withdrawn. Kenyon declared the amendment would destoy the system. He disputed charges, also, that the stock banks were competing with their parent in stitutions, the farm loan banks. Both Kenyon and Smoot called at tention to the existence of large amounts of tax-exempt securities, and said need for prohibiting such Issues exists. Kenyon said the total Is $16,- 000,000,000, hut declares that only a fractional part of this sum. Weeks To Probe Air Service Row j Washington A personal investiga j lion of conditions in the army air j service and of difficulties said to exist J between Major General (’. T. Menoher, | chief of the service, and his assistant, j Brigadier General William Mitchell, | will he conducted by Secretary Weeks. ; Announcement to this effect was made recently after the relief of General | Mitchell from his present assignment , had been requested in writing by Gen j eral Menoher. Secretary Weeks de dined to make public the request | which he explained, had not reached him officially, and he also refused to j set forth the specific reasons which had been given in support of the re quest. He said, however, that he would not detach either officer pend Ing his investigation. Probe Is Ordered Os Sims’ Speech Washington.—lnvestigation of the recent speech in lxmdon by Hear Ad miral William S. Sims touching on Irish sympathizers in this country was ordered by the senate recently with out a record vote. The resolution was j offered by Senator Harrison, demo ; crat, Mississippi. Little debate mark- j ed the consideration of the resolution, which designates the senate naval committee as the investigating agency. Senator Wadsworth, repub lican, New York, inquired whether the same end sought by the proposed In vestigation would not be served by the formal inquiries sent to Admiral Sims j by Secretary Denby. ]. Lynching Feared: Prisoners Removed Chattanooga. A telephone message | from Trenton. Georgia, reported that because of rumors of a mob bent on lynching Deputy Sheriff Word l’age for killing Chester Daniel recently. j and Deputy Yol Moore, for the killing j (>f his cousin, John Moore, the two i oifieers had been taken to Dalton for; safety. The information from tlie Georgia city was to the effect that re ports were in circulation that friends of the two dead men in the number of [>ott were organizing to storm the resi denee of Sheriff Holmes, where the prisoners have been confined since the killing. Ford Contest On Against Newberry Washington. Details of the ISIS campaign expenditdres made in behalf ot Senator Newberry continue to en gross the senate committee engaged in hearing Henry Ford's contest against against the seating of the Michigan senator. Witnesses were called in quick succession and for com paratively brief iieriods. to supplement testimony they had given at the trial of the criminal case against the sena tor at Grand Kapids. Mich. The com mittee heard at second hand Mr. Ford's theory of the campaign. One • Sided Fight Ends In Suicide Toledo. Ohio. —That James Kelley, with one of his own weapons sent a bullet into his heart and thus termi nated the tragic warfare between him self and 200 policemen recently, was Hu* finding of Henry J Herbert, chief of police, and Dr. C. J. Henselcr. coun ty coroner. After two policemen had lieen killed and Kelley's body had been carried from its barricade the coroner examined the body. There were ma chine gun bullets in the leg. arm and left side of the abdomen, but none ot Ibeße could have been fatal. TREATY OFFERED TO MEXICO If Administration Will Not Accept Treaty Will Wait Until Government Comes Which Will Washington.—The United States gov ernment has proposed to the Mexican people that the two nations enter into a treaty of commerce and amity such as will stabilize their relations and terminate the protracted period of mu tual distrust. The treaty, now the subject of ne gotiations between the two govern ments, would embody assurances by Mexico to safeguard American prop erty rights, establish a claims com mission to settle losses of life and prop erty, provide for settlement of boun dary matters and, finally, would in clude conventional stipulations as to commerce and reciprocal rights in both countries. In announcing its advances, the state department made it clear it was talk ing to Mexico as a nation and not alone to the Obregon regime. The question of recognition should be subordinated, the administration believes. It hopes for an immediate restoration of cor dial relations with Mexico and is will ing to negotiate the treaty in ques tion with Obregon if he will abide by the provisions suggested. If Obregon refuses to accept the suggested terms this government will simply wait un til there ‘‘is a government in Mexico willing to bind itself to the discharge of primaray international obligations.” The whole difficulty in the path of a satisfactory settlement is embraced in the Mexican Constitution of 1917. This declared that subsurface re sources were the property of the na tion. The nationalization clause was aimed at the oil wealth of the country, and if applied retroactively would be tantamount to confiscation of property acquired by Americans previous to 1917. That the laws permitted of such retroactive application was shown in the executive decrees issued by the late President Carranza and support ing the policy of confiscation. The American state department looks at the situation this way: 1. If Mexico proposes to confiscate American property, this government will not stand by and permit it. 2. If Mexico says the objectionable laws are not intended for confiscatory application, this government believes Mexico should enter into a solemn ob ligation as a condition to the re-estab lishment of friendly intercourse. Pardon For Debs Not Yet Considered Washington.—Recommendations of the department of justice to President Harding on the question <v. granting a pardon to Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader now serving a prison sentence at Atlanta, for violation of the espion age law. may contain the department's views on general amnesty for all pris oners confined under those laws. At torney General Daugherty says the recommendations are not expected to be submitted for several weeks. Ex-Political Leader To Serve 5 Years Cincinnati.—Herman Dierkles, for mer Democratic political leader in Hamilton county, must serve five years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, the United States circuit court of ap peals having affirmed his conviction. Dierkes, accused under the espionage net, was alleged to have said, referring to an American soldier: "The poor slob, I would rather serve a term in the penitentiary than wear a uniform in j Wilson's Wall street war.” A. F. Os L. Annual Meeting In Denver Denver.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, other national officers of that organi zation and 200 delegates have arrived in Denver to attend the forty-first an nual convention of the federation, which opens here June 13. Prelimi nary sessions will get under way when delegates of the building trades depart ment meet to outline a set of resolu tions to be placed before the conven ' tion. Urges Wider SAlesian Neutral Zone i London. Great Britain now is urg ing on France the insufficiency of the j neutral zone in Upper Silesia and the necessity of reestablishment of the authority of the control commission throughout the entire area. This would involve pushing back the Poles I on an extensive front, which has al ready been begun by British forces, and of making a slight adjustment of the German lines. Germany Makes Another Payment New York. —The German govern ment made another payment toward the allied reparations account June 7. The exact figures have not been re vealed by officials of the federal re serve bank, to whom the money was turned over to the credit of the Bank of England and the Bank of France. It was reported in Wall street that the sum was approximately fourteen mil lion three hundred thousand dollars. An official of the bank, who declined to state the amount, said, however, he thought this was an overestimate. Enforce Blue Laws In Mississippi Gulfport. Miss. —The Sunday blue laws for the Mississippi coast, and particularly Harrison county, will be enforced to the letter in the future, in accordance with an order issued by Sheriff Havens, in which he requests all moving picture theaters in the coun ty which have been operating Sun days tv> cease. Sunday baseball games will not be tolerated if played within the county. The sheriff further states that his understanding is that it is un lawful to play baseball on Sunday .Sunday, even if admission is free. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. IRISH AND RUSSIAN TREATYPROPOSED ENGLISHMEN IN RUSSIA TO BE VICTIMS OF RETALITATORY MURDERS SAYS LONDON RUSSIA WILL ASSIST IRELAND Say Treaty Was Negotiated In United States And Original Bears Dail Eireann Seals London. —A corner in the world’s flax supply, the murder of an English man in Russia for each Sinn Feiner executed, and the smuggling of 50,000 rifles from Russia into Ireland, are features of an alleged proposed treaty between Dail Eireann and the bolshe vik government, made public in a par liamentary paper. What is purported to be the text of the treaty, said to have been nego tiated by McCartan, a Sinn Fein en voy, in the United States in 1920, was given out officially recently. The original is said to bear Dail Eirxeann seals and notes thereon by De Valera. De Valera, according to the parlia mentary paper, advocated publicity for the document. Through a treaty with Russia, which was to be of ten years’ duration, the author of the document planned for a corner in the world’s supply of flax, which would give Sinn Fein an economic strangle hold upon Ulster. Another clause in the proposed treaty called for soviet Russia’s sup plying the Irish republican army with 50,000 rifles. Clause 5 entrusts the interests of the “Irish Republic” In Russia to the Roman Catholic church. Clause 6 specified that the Irish be permitted to use the bolshevik diplo matic mail pouches. Another clause specified that the Russians sell flax, wheat, lumber and other commodities only to those Irish firms approved by Sinn Fein. McCartan is said to have requested the soviet to execute a Britisher every time a Sinn Fein "prisoner of war” Is executed, either inside or outside pris. on. “Hustle’’ Blamed In Malnutrition Boston. —The American hustle to keep up with the crowd is one of the chief causes of fatigue and resultant malnutrition among children. In mak ing this assertion before the section on diseases of children of the Ameri can Medical association, which is meeting here, Dr. Borden S. Veeder, of St. Louis, said the condition was more common among children of the wealthy than in the homes of the poor. Other physicians addressing the sec tion agreed with his conclusions. Hoover Will Not Accept Invitation Washington.—“l greatly appreciate the invitation extended to me by the United States Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Ayres to visit Argentina in the interests of the commercial and friendly relations between Argen tina and the United States,” Secre tary of Commerce Hoover said recent ly. But I am afraid that the press of business here in Washington will keep me from accepting.” Hoover declared that he could not hope to get away from the capitol until September at least. Heavy Sentences Wanted By Judge Knoxville, Tenn. —Appeal to the in telligence and conscience of violaters of the revenue and prohibition laws by imposing a prison sentence of not less than one year and the payment of heavy fines, was recommended by Judge E. T. Sanford in his charge to the federal grand jury impannelled recently. He scored bootleggers as being more conscientious than moon shiners and also condemned “respect able citizens” who patronized the boot leggers. Only One Witness In Decker Defense Warsaw. —The defense in the trial of Virgil Decker, charged with the murder of Leroy Lovett, sprang sur prise recently by waiving its opening statement, calling only one witness and announcing that it rested its case. Arguments by the attorneys were to start immediately. Plow Works Slashes Price Os Products Lynchburg, Va. —The Lynchburg Plow works recently announced a 20 per cent cut, effective soon, of plows and plow goods. Textile Union Head Dies In Brooklyn Fall River, Mass.—Word has been received here of the death at Brook lyn of John Golden, general president of the United Textile Workers of America. Burial will be in this city, where he made his home for many years. LaFollette Would Probe Marine Strike Washington.—lnvestigation of the marine strike is proposed in a resolu tion introduced in the senate by Sena tor LaFollette He would inquire into every phase of the strike. Posses On Trail Os Bank Bandits Hamilton. Ala.—A large posse of armed citizens are scouring a swamp a short distance from Hamilton in an effort to apprehend two bandits who recently held up and robbed the Mar- Hon County hanking company of $2.- 097 in currency and fled in an auto mobile after firing a number of shots to frighten the populace. The robbers, entering the bank, threw their guns on the lady assistant cashier and or dered her to open the vault. She re fused. screamed and the robbers grab bed a package and fled. OIL MEN UPHOLD MEXIC EXPORT TAX SCORE GOVERNMENT INTERFER ENCE WITH FOREIGN TAXATION PROTEST WIRED SECRETARY Opposition Backed By Interests Which Flood Country With Cheap Mexic Oil, They Say Tulsa, Okla. —Oil men’s associations In Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Lou isiana joined in a telegraphic protest to Secretary of State Hughes at Wash ington against the United States for mally objecting to the new Mexican export tax on crude oil. The message signed by the Gulf Coast Oil Produc ers’ Association of Louisiana and Tex as, the North Texas Oil and Gas Pro ducers’ Association the Oil Men's Pro tective Association of Oklahoma and the Kansas Oil and Gas Association, said: We wish to call your attention to the that 80 per cent of this Mexi can oil is coming into the United States duty free and that these same interests which are lodging the protest against Mexico’s oil system of taxa tion are vigorously opposing the tax on this oil by the congress of the Unit ed States. The oil industry in the United States is 60 per cent shut down and hundreds of thousands of men are out of employment. “These selfish interests absorb the markets of our country with cheaply produced and cheaply transported prod ucts from Mexico, upon which they pay no taxes to this country, and ask the government of the United States to aid them in avoiding taxation in Mexico. We must vigorously protest against the government of the United States interfering with the system of taxa tion on oil promulgated by the republic of Mexico or any other country so long as that system of taxation is lev ied equally against all foreigners." Bad, Bold Bandit Holds Up Officers Portland, Ore. —Roy Gardner, mail car bandti, who was being brought to the federal prison at McNeil Island from San Francisco, escaped from federal officers at Castle Rock, after holding up the officers at the point of a pistol, which he had concealed in his shirt and taking their weapons and S2OO in cash. It was Gardner’s sec ond escape from officers. He was aided by another prisoner, it was re ported. Gardner jumped out of the car window. A posse is attempting to overtake him. Gardner was taken from the train, at Sacramento, Calif., to search for a mail sack said to contain nearly SIBO,OOO in bonds, which he said he had hidden under a tree near that city, but he was unable to locate the pouch. Substance Os Dutch Note Made Public Washington.—A paraphrase of the note of May 27 of the American gov ernment to the Netherlands protest ing the policy of that government with respect to the exploitation of the Djambi oil fields of the Dutch East Indies was made public at the state department recently. It does not vary substantially from previously publish ed summaries of the communication. Addressed to the Netherlands foreign office through the American legation at The Hague, the note expressed the hope that the Dutch government would yet find itself able to settle the ques tion involved “in accordance with the fundamental principle of reciprocity which is regarded as of the greatest importance in relation to the exploi tation of natural resources.” Chiefs Os U. S. Air Service Advised Washington.—Major General Men oher. chief or the army air service, and Brigadier General Mitchell, assis tant chief, have been advised by Secretary Weeks that their financial connection with the company publish ing the "U. S. Air Service," a maga zine are not, in view- of their official position, deemed to be to the best in terests of the army. Secretary Weeks declined recently to discuss the matter further than to say it had no relation to the present row in the air service which led to the request of General Menoher for the removal of General Mitchell. The war secretary expects to begin soon his personal investiga tion of the friction in the service. Shipping Not Affected By Strike Washington.—The marine strike has proved utterly ineffectual so far as tying up American shipping is con cerned. according to figures announce ed recently on sailings by Secretary of Commerce Hoover. During the period from May 1 to June 9, there sailed from American ports 18S8 Amer ican steamers, while only 170 were de tained because of the strike, accord ing to Hoover’s figures. More diffi culty was experienced at the ports of New Orleans and San Francisco than at any other, the figures showed. Play Survey Os Colorado River Soon Washington.—To complete a survey of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river never before attempted. six members of the United States coast and geodetic survey will cut them selves off from civilization for four months. That the United States will contain sections of the country never explored by man was revealed in the recent announcement of the depart ment of commerce >hat a party led by Floyd W. Hough, would seek to lay the levels ISO miles along the bed of the Colorado river. SIMS’ SPEECH IS ATTACKED War Commander’s Utterances Bring Many Comments From Govern ment Officials Washington.—Rear Admiral 'Wil liam S. Sims, commander of the American naval forces overseas dur ing the war, has created a situation of “great delicacy,” in the opinion of Secretary of the Navy Denby. This w-as part of Denby’s comment on the admiral’s speech before the English-speaking union in London, after Denby had cabled Sims ordering him to inform the navy department immediately whether he was correctiy quoted in press dispatches. Denby declared, in his cable, that he had “read with amazement” certain ex tracts from Sims’ speech. The remarks of the American ad miral, in which he attacked the Sinn Fein movement and referred with bit terness to certain types of Americans, attracted wide comment in Washing ton, both in naval circle and in con gress. Senator Medill McCormick, of Illi nois, branding Sims speech as “dis gusting” led the criticism and com plained formally, both to President Harding and Secretary Denby against the utterance. Denby’s cable to Sims followed the visit from McCormick. Denby staled, however, that he had not conferred with the president on the subject and that he assumed full responsibility for the inquiry to Sims. Denby added that he had “decided views” in the situation created by Sims, but that he would not indicate what action would be taken against the admiral, in the event the latter confirmed the dispatches quoting his address. An order is being framed in the navy now, Denby said, which aims to remove any suggestion of censorship from the writings or oral utterances of officers, but this made it all the more important, he added, that offi cers exercise special care in their re marks. “It is grossly improper,’’ Senator McCormick said, “for a naval officer abroad to asperse the loyalty of a great number of his fellow citizens. Admiral Sims, not by implication but by his own direct statements, charged that not a handful, but multitudes of his fellow citizens are actuated first, not by devotion to America, but to the cause of some other people. Thank God, we know that is not true. We know that Americans, though they cherish sentiments for the land of their origin—England in the case of some, like Admiral Sims; Ireland or some other land in the case of others. Youth Accused Os Killing Young Girl Knoxville. —“Ern” Quillen, an eigh teen-year-old white youth, was arrest ed recently as he boarded a train at Fordtown, Tenn., on a charge of hav ing killed an eleven-year-old girl whose body was discovered in the baseball park at Kingsport recently. Quillen three months ago was par doned from the penitentiary where he was serving a fifteen-year sentence for criminal assault. The body of the girl was found under the bleachers at the baseball park at Kingsport by an officer of the club. She had been killed by a blow on the skull from a scantling. The girl, who lived with her parents a short distance from the ball park, was seen about about dusk playing in the park. Anti-Cigarette Law Effective In Utah Sait Lake City.—Utah's anti-cigar ette law’, passed by the last legislature became effective recently. Simultan ■ tously, the shelves of tobacca stores were cleared of cigarettes and there were no advertisements in the news papers of cigarettes. The law pro vides against smoking in public places, w’hich are defined, and prohibits the giving away, sale, exchange or barter of cigarettes. Marine Aviator Is Crash Victim Washington. Lieutenant W. B. Brown, Boise, Idaho, of the marine corps, was either killed or drowned recently when the marine corps plane he w r as flying crashed at Colonial Bach, Maryland, near here, on the Potomac river. Sergenat Bugby, a passenger, was injured. Mrs. Harding Hostess To Soldiers Washington. Several hundred wounded soldiers from the hospitals in the vicinity of Washington will be entertained soon by Mrs. Warren G. Harding at a garden party at the White House. A large number of Red Cross nurses were invited by Mrs. Harding to assist in entertain ing the injured veterans. The Colum bus (Ohio) Glee club will sing for guests. The Glee club, a Republican organization, sang on the Harding “front porch” in Marion during the campaign. Constables Wounded In Dublin Attack Dublin. —Dublin streets were swept with bullets for twenty minutes re cently following an attack with revol vers and bombs on a police lorry. Five constables were wounded during the attack and some civilians also were wounded. Dodge Car Reduced S3OO In Price Detroit. —Dodge Brothers Motor Car company announced recently a S3OO I reduction in price of its touring car, j the price being dropped from $1,285 -to S9SS REPORTS’CARBLED” SAYS ADMIRAL* SIMS CABLES REPLY TO SECRE TARY DENBY DEFFENDING H!S STAND NO FURTHERACTION EXPECTED “Not,Correctly Quoted; “Context Mis» leading And Garbled,” Says Cablegram Washington.—Remarks attributed to him in press reports of his recent ad dress before the English - speaking union in London, in which he criticised activities of Sinn Fein sympathizers in this country, were not correctly quoted and were misleading, Rear Admiral William S. Sims declared in a cable gram received by Secretary Denby. “Statements that were attributed to me,” said the message, “were not cor rectly quoted. Report of statement is incorrect and inferentially wrong. Statement actualy made was substan tially the same as repeatedly made in public in America and in my book, ‘The Victory at Sea,’ and in pubilc addresses at meeting held for increasing good re lations between the English-speaking people.” Secretary Denby w r ould not comment on the admiral’s message. In view of the fact that Mr. Denby revoked the remainder of the officer’s leave of ab sence and ordered him to return at once to the United States to report in person at the navy department, it was indicated, no further steps would be taken in the case until Admiral Sims’ return. It then will be decided, it was said, w’hether Secretary Denby would press his inquiry into the mat ter. Admiral Sims” reference in his ca blegram to his speeches in this coun try recalled the addresses he made in Boston last winter, in which he assail ed Sinn Fein sympathizers in this country. Secretary Daniels was bom barded with telegrams and letters de manding that disciplinary action be taken against the officer, but no sucß steps were taken. Urge Soldier’s Burial In U. S. Capitol Washington.—Burial of the body of an unknown American soldier who died on the battle fields of France, in the crypt in the capitol building just north of the rotunda, is to be urged at the meeting of the executive com mittee of the American Legion at In dianapolis. Resolution favoring the placing of the body there instead of in the ampitheater at the Arlington national cemetery, as at first proposed, have been adopted by George Wash ington post No. 1, and the post’s repre sentative at the Indianapolis meeting will urge the plan. Grand Jury Probes Mississippi Killing Hattiesburg.—The grand jury was expected to return an indictment re cently in the death of Mrs. J. S. Mosely, wife of a mail carrier, who was shot recently by Casey E. Jones. Mrs. Mosely died recently. Jones is alleged to have shot the woman when she rejected his attentions. County and police officials removed Jones to an unknown jail for safekeeping when mob violence was threatened. In the event an indictment is returned against Jones, efforts will be made to try him at the present session of crim inal court, it was learned. 27 Average Age Os Night School Pupils New York. —Twenty-seven is the av erage age of persons seeking to im prove their material condition by night school supplementary education, ac cording to a survey completed by Wil liam J. McGinley of New York, direc tor of the chain of 132 Knights of Co lumbus schools throughout the United States. The survey covers 150,000 students, mostly former service men and women who have received free courses. Marine Leader And Warding Confer Washington.—The marine strike was discussed recently by President Harding and Secretary of Labcff Davis and representatives of the strikers. The conference was arranged by Secretary Davis, who refused to say what had been taken up with the President, and imposed restrictions on the representatives of the strikers dis cussing the conference. The secre tary said he expected to make a state* ment later. Princeton To Honor Woodrow Wilson Princeton, N. J. —The signatures of more than six hundred Princeton un der graduates who recently signed the platform of the Woodrow Wilson So ciety of Princeton wil be personally presented to the former president in his Washington home. The society, which is connected with the national council of Wilson clubs for the purpose of launching a plan for collecting his torical data and founding Wilson schol arships, was formed to "commemorate the ideals and achiefevements of the former president during the war.” Leave Os Absence To Sims Stopped Washington.—Rear Admiral Sims’ leave of absence in England has been revoked by Secretary Denby, and he has been ordered to report at once to the secretary of the navy. This action was taken without waiting for a reply from the officer to the secre tary’s cablegram asking whether he had been correctly quoted as attack ing Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States in a speech recently de livered in London. It is announced that the admiral left England on June 15tb
